Tokyo Olympics: Sinden won't take any satisfaction from silver medal following taekwondo defeat
Daily MailThat was the margin between a golden moment and something else for Bradly Sinden, a guy with no great care for silver linings. Taekwondo star Bradly Sinden won't take any positives from his defeat to Ulugbek Rashitov ‘My coach always says silver is best loser,’ he said, and there was nothing in his expression that indicated a counter-argument would be forthcoming. He had only one second to kill to win gold for himself and Team GB at Rio 2016, and they weren’t happy tears he gave to the BBC, so eight is dangerous. It wasn’t to be, of course, but with time he might Jade Jones was left dejected following her defeat to Kimia Alizadeh of the Refugee Team This was meant to be her Games, where her heart was set on a third gold from three successive Olympics — the first British woman to do so. She had told Sportsmail earlier in the summer that anything less than a gold would be a ‘fail’, and by the end lamented with admirable honesty that she had struggled with her own expectations.
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